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Historical Event on 2/28/1997

The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
7/12/1920Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.